On Sunday, Justice John Tsoho, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court (FHC), disclosed the redeployment of several judges within the court.
According to a statement released by Dr. Catherine Christopher, the FHC’s Director of Information, Justice Tsoho directed Justice M. G. Umar of the Enugu Judicial Division to assume responsibility for cases previously overseen by Justice Inyang Ekwo of Court 5 in the Abuja Division.
“The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Hon. Justice John Tsoho, KSS, OFR, FCIArb. (UK) has effected the redeployment of some judges of the court,” the statement noted.
It further informed the public that all cases pending in Court No. 5 of the Abuja Judicial Division would now be handled by the newly assigned judge.
The statement clarified, “Consequently, there is no need for litigants and/or counsel to apply to the Hon. Chief Judge for re-assignment of cases that have been pending before the court.”
In addition, Justice Tijjani Garba Ringim was transferred from the Gombe Division to the Yola Division, while Justice M. T. Segun-Bello was redeployed from Abakaliki Division to the Enugu Division.
Justice Bala Khalifa-Mohammed Usman was moved from the Yola Division to the Awka Division, and Justice Amina Aliyu Mohammed was reassigned from Awka Division to the Gombe Division.
The statement emphasized that the redeployments would take immediate effect, with affected judges expected to expedite the delivery of pending judgments in their respective stations.
It also stated, “The judges currently resident in the Abakaliki and Katsina Judicial Divisions shall take responsibility for all the cases already pending or newly instituted in their respective divisions, until otherwise instructed.”
